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Slidell man gets 5 years for conspiracy to sell crack

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Michael Page, of Slidell, was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
(NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

A Slidell man has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Michael Page, 36, will be placed on three years of supervised release following his release from prison, according to U.S. District Judge Lance Africk's sentence.

A one-count indictment filed in January in the Eastern District of Louisiana accused Page of conspiring with others to distribute at least 28 grams of crack cocaine between February and September 2010.

Page faced between five and 40 years in prison. He pleaded guilty in March, court records show. He was sentenced last week.

The FBI and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office narcotics unit investigated Page's case. The federal public defender's office represented Page and Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward J. Rivera was prosecutor.